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Title:Africa, transport and the Millennium Development Goals: achieving an internationally set agenda
Editor:Grieco, MargaretISNI
Year:2009
Pages:201
Language:English
City of publisher:Newcastle
Publisher:Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN:1443813001; 9781443813006
Geographic terms:Africa
South Africa
Kenya
Uganda
Southern Africa
Subjects:transport
infrastructure
development
poverty reduction
conference papers (form)
2007
Abstract:This volume is the product of a workshop held at Cornell University's Institute for African Development in May 2007. The workshop brought together field leaders in the social dimensions of transport in Africa and harnessed their knowledge to the discussion of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the context of transport. Contributions: Roadmapping development and poverty alleviation: transport and the Millennium Development Goals in Africa (Deborah Fahy Bryceson); Financing regional infrastructure projects in Africa: issues and options (Robert M. Okello); Transportation costs and spatial integration of agricultural commodity markets in Africa (Edward Mabaya); Exploring the components of 'accessibility' from a transport and health perspective in rural South Africa (Talia McCray); Transport and the MDGs: perspectives from a Nairobi slum (Rachel Reichenbach); Progress and challenges of meeting the MDGs in Uganda: the role of transport (Betty Babirye-Ddungu); Linking transport to employment: pursuing the Millennium Development Goals (Ronald W. McQuaid); The significance of local-level rural infrastructure provision in poverty alleviation: evidence from the horse's mouth (T.C. Mbara); Introduction of the roadside station as a pro-poor infrastructure: its potential contribution to attaining the MDGs in Africa (Yoichi Sakurada); Port infrastructure and development in southern Africa (Michael G.H. Bell); Sustainable transport technologies for developing environments: towards appropriate investment strategies (John D. Nelson); Access vs accessibility: transport, MDGs, youth and health (Deladem Kusi-Appouh); Mobility, maternal mortality and mainstreaming gender: a need for action (Jeff Turner); Children, (im)mobiity and transport in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for meeting the MDGs (Gina Porter). [ASC Leiden abstract]
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